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Word entry · 7 letters

flattop

Best crossword clue

"Aircraft carrier"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aflopttStarts with FEnds with P1 clues
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Definitions

  1. a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

Word origin

From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang.

Used in a sentence

  • Well school's not so bad but the summer's better Gives me more time to see my girl Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl

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